Close out the year with insights on security during the busy holiday season and ensuring facilities are ready for colder weather.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But the holiday season also happens to be one of the busiest and most stressful times of the year for businesses. Ensuring your business is safe and secure during the holiday rush is essential for protecting not only your business, but also your customers or clients.
Let’s look at some ways you can protect your property during peak shopping and travel season.
As holiday markets and winter festivals take place, temporary security solutions like mobile surveillance trailers provide flexible coverage for high-traffic events. These units can be quickly deployed, repositioned as needed, and integrated with existing systems to give security teams better visibility and faster response times. Their portability and remote monitoring capabilities make them ideal for short-term use without sacrificing situational awareness.
Despite the cold weather, the holiday season brings out crowds. Whether people are out shopping, traveling home, or attending indoor events, large gatherings bring risks of unwanted items. Weapons detection systems offer an efficient, noninvasive way to screen large groups and prevent potential threats before they enter secured areas. Modern solutions can blend seamlessly into entryways, maintaining both safety and the festive atmosphere.
Many businesses bring on seasonal staff to assist with increased traffic during the holiday season. Because these staff are temporary employees, they only need temporary access control. Cloud-based and mobile credentialing systems make it easy to issue and revoke access quickly, helping maintain security and compliance while reducing administrative strain. This ensures only authorized individuals can enter restricted areas — even during the busiest time of year.
In 2025, our industry witnessed an accelerated shift toward cloud-hosted platforms and mobile-enabled access. The result was improved flexibility, scalability, and visibility across access control systems, marking a move toward centralized, streamlined management and away from traditional on-premise models that required greater staffing and manual upkeep.
Real-time monitoring and AI-driven analytics also surged in adoption, marking a fundamental shift in access management practices. What was once a reactive process has evolved into one of intelligent predictability and proactive oversight. For many, this means greater efficiency, faster decision-making, and a more connected understanding of how people and systems interact across facilities.
Looking ahead to 2026, the focus expands to even greater intelligence, adaptability, and integration. AI-powered platforms and analytics will continue to strengthen access management as systems work together across doors, video monitoring, and other smart building technologies, creating a truly intelligent, responsive ecosystem of security that’s more adaptive than ever before.
The year ahead promises access control that is not just smart, but anticipatory, adaptable, and ready to meet the evolving demands of modern facilities.
Want to read more about what we predicted for 2025? Check out the blog below.
Freezing temperatures, snow, and ice can compromise access points and weaken the physical security of commercial properties. Reinforcing entry systems and implementing automated monitoring tools can help safeguard critical areas.
Preparing for winter weather before it happens is the best way to keep your property safe, secure, and operational during the winter season.
Want more insight on how to prepare for winter weather? Check out our Seasonal Resilience eBook.
The holiday season is one of the busiest and most challenging times of the year for retail operations. With increased foot traffic, high-value inventory on display, and seasonal staffing changes, retailers face heightened security risks.
Our Retail Security Checklist is designed to give busy teams a quick, actionable guide for safeguarding your store during this critical period. This resource covers essential steps for:
Whether you’re a retail facility manager, security director, or loss prevention professional, this checklist helps ensure your store is secure and your team is prepared, without slowing down operations.